ChryslerCruiser
Well-Known Member
Changed the filter on the imperial today. Fluid was still red and not burned smelling..
Bad news: the magnet was all but covered in what I assume is clutch material. I've only had 3 other transmission oil pans off to change filters in the past, and this was by far the worst.I would say there was 1/4-3/8 of material on the magnet...
Good new? The transmission is now completely silent when in neutral, where as before you could hear a difference between drive and neutral and I am gonna call it a faint whirring sound.
Now I am wanting to see if I can flush the transmission, and get all of the old fluid out and change it for fresh. I read somewhere that Mopar used to have a torque converter that you could drain, but that ended in the late 70's
As anyone disconnected a cooler line, and used that as a method of flushing all of the old oil out of the converter? OR am I wasting my time with a tranny that is 2/3 used up? It only has 40K on the car but obviously the lockdown lever was not adjusted after the Previous owner installed a 4bbl.
What are your thoughts?
Bad news: the magnet was all but covered in what I assume is clutch material. I've only had 3 other transmission oil pans off to change filters in the past, and this was by far the worst.I would say there was 1/4-3/8 of material on the magnet...
Good new? The transmission is now completely silent when in neutral, where as before you could hear a difference between drive and neutral and I am gonna call it a faint whirring sound.
Now I am wanting to see if I can flush the transmission, and get all of the old fluid out and change it for fresh. I read somewhere that Mopar used to have a torque converter that you could drain, but that ended in the late 70's
As anyone disconnected a cooler line, and used that as a method of flushing all of the old oil out of the converter? OR am I wasting my time with a tranny that is 2/3 used up? It only has 40K on the car but obviously the lockdown lever was not adjusted after the Previous owner installed a 4bbl.
What are your thoughts?